{"id":41588,"date":"2025-09-27T23:15:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T23:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/molly-santana-breaks-down-five-songs-that-shaped-her-sound\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T23:15:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T23:15:29","slug":"molly-santana-breaks-down-five-songs-that-shaped-her-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/molly-santana-breaks-down-five-songs-that-shaped-her-sound\/","title":{"rendered":"Molly Santana Breaks Down Five Songs That Shaped Her Sound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt Hip Hop Magizine News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9431463036\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">Molly Santana<\/span><br \/><em>Interview:\u00a0Peter A. Berry<\/em><br \/><em><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Editor\u2019s Note: This story appears in the\u00a0Summer 2025 issue of XXL Magazine, on newsstands\u00a0now and available for sale on the XXL website.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>In an industry searching for new superstars, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/molly-santana\/\" target=\"_blank\">Molly Santana<\/a>\u2019s pushing her way into the spotlight. A chief manufacturer for zoomer slaps, the Los Angeles- based rapper swirls staccato flows and braggadocio into a perfectly modern combination of celestial rage raps and ethereal melodies. That mix of sounds is one she\u2019s been perfecting since breaking out with her EP <em><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/1VSrfuee7imBMi67VJjMNF?si=2Qj1JP8XT4m0G_BKUcFuww\" target=\"_blank\">Molly\u2019s World<\/a><\/em> in 2021. It\u2019s also an audio aesthetic that permeates Molly\u2019s latest project, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/6ReZujjjI3rWa2P9Qd2YhT?si=aitfmOokRjmVWpLHxlgzMA\" target=\"_blank\">Molly and Her Week of Wonders<\/a><\/em>. Released in May, it\u2019s a dynamic effort that points to a new level. But now it\u2019s time to look at how she got there. Speaking with <em>XXL<\/em>, Molly, 20, breaks down five of the most important songs of her career.<\/p>\n<h3>\u201cChain Swangin\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Chain Swangin\u2019 was the first time I felt like I caught one for real. That was a good introduction to everybody for my sound. I remember just seeing a bunch of videos going crazy on TikTok. I was posting so many TikToks with me to that song, hoping that it would catch on. But it finally did. I remember that was the first song that I think a lot of people heard from me.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>\u201cI Know\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cI always have a bunch of producers around. And sometimes that makes me a little shy, so I won\u2019t really get to get into that mode of vulnerability on the mic. Every single line and [me] having to fix it in front of people all the time makes me a little bit uncomfortable. I think that\u2019s why that song turned out that way. I just [had] full freedom. I could record all the melodies and all the stacks and harmonies and everything on my own timing, and nobody was around.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>\u201cNothing Like This\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cIt has the least streams on the EP, I think one of the least streams out of all the songs. I think it should be in movies, video games and commercials. It should also be played on the damn radio. It\u2019s so universally uplifting, and it sounds new, but it still sounds vintage. It is just fire. I love that song so much. I wish it got more shine.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>\u201cSet Up\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cEverything\u2019s a setup. Even relationships or just people, friends, people who are jealous of you, they lure you in and they set you up. They just want to know about you, take things from you, or take time away from you out of your life. Take your passion or power away from you.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>\u201cWindows Up\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the first song that I dropped in my whole discography where I came really, really, really chill. The whole song, I made it super quick, and it\u2019s really, really chill. I think it highlights my voice really well, and that\u2019s why people connected to it because it\u2019s more universal, and it\u2019s just easy to listen to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The summer 2025 issue of XXL magazine featuring Molly Santana&#8217;s interview is available to <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.xxlmag.com\/collections\/freshman-2025-capsule\/products\/xxl-magazine-freshman-class-2025-issue\" target=\"_blank\">purchase here<\/a>. The issue also includes interviews with all 12 members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/freshman\/\" target=\"_blank\">2025 Freshman Class<\/a> and producer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/cardo-got-wings\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cardo Got Wings<\/a>,\u00a0as well as conversations with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/key-glock-interview-album\/\" target=\"_blank\">Key Glock<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/larry-june-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\">Larry June<\/a>,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/amine-interview-album\/\" target=\"_blank\">Amin\u00e9<\/a><\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/monaleo-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\">Monaleo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/fredo-bang-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fredo Bang<\/a><\/em><em>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/nardo-wick-interview-rapper\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nardo Wick<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/tech-n9ne\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tech N9ne<\/a>, X-Games snowboarding champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/zeb-powell-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\">Zeb Powell<\/a> and more, plus a look back at what the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/2024-freshman-report-card\/\" target=\"_blank\">2024\u00a0XXL\u00a0Freshman Class<\/a> has been doing and a deep dive into who&#8217;s the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/the-biggest-and-best-xxl-freshman-ever-bracket\/\" target=\"_blank\">biggest and best XXL Freshman ever<\/a>.<br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/rest\/carbon\/api\/scripts.js?mver=609&#038;gver=6&#038;bid=812&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fbtloader.com%2Ftag%3Fo%3D5642230212591616%26upapi%3Dtrue&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.p-n.io%2Fpushly-sdk.min.js%3Fdomain_key%3DLT1Yn2pW9B5QzH6n4H2YlkQyVEfXVOOu82lt&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Ftownsquare.media%2Fpublic%2Fresources%2Fjs%2Fpubcid.min.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fplatform.twitter.com%2Fwidgets.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fapis.google.com%2Fjs%2Fplatform.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.facebook.net%2Fen_US%2Fsdk.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.pinterest.com%2Fjs%2Fpinit.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fpub.doubleverify.com%2Fdvtag%2F29287203%2FDV1106009%2Fpub.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer data-osano=\"ESSENTIAL\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt Hip Hop Magizine News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9431463036\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Molly SantanaInterview:\u00a0Peter A. 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